POD12 - 2nd Amendment Unit

LDC ON THE SECOND AMENDMENT

LDC on the second amendment updated 2016.docx

TOPIC: DC HELLER CASE
https://www.oyez.org/cases/2007/07-290

TOPIC : Statistics on Guns

OPTION 1.
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-u-s-gun-deaths-compare-to-other-countries/
https://www.npr.org/sections/goatsandsoda/2018/02/15/586014065/deaths-from-gun-violence-how-the-u-s-compares-to-the-rest-of-the-world
http://www.bradycampaign.org/key-gun-violence-statistics
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-34996604
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/gun-ownership-and-gun-violence-in-america-by-the-numbers/
OPTION 3. http://www.citylab.com/politics/2013/01/gun-violence-us-cities-compared-deadliest-nations-world/4412/
OPTION 4. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/02/03/americans-are-much-much-more-likely-to-be-killed-by-guns-than-people-in-other-countries/
OPTION 5. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2015/12/02/san-bernadino-shooting-11-essential-facts-about-guns-and-mass-shootings-in-america/#1

TOPIC : Assault weapons

Article 1. http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/wonkblog/wp/2012/12/17/everything-you-need-to-know-about-banning-assault-weapons-in-one-post/
Article 2. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2018/02/28/the-two-assault-weapons-bans-before-congress-are-co-sponsored-by-195-democrats-and-0-republicans/?utm_term=.05a940c3850e
http://thehill.com/regulation/263489-assault-weapons-ban-targets-semi-automatic-guns
http://thehill.com/homenews/house/375659-dems-introduce-assault-weapons-ban
Article 3.
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180228/pennsylvania-semi-auto-ban-legislation-to-be-introduced
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20151229/124-anti-gun-democrats-introduce-gun-and-magazine-ban-in-house-of-representatives

Mental Health
http://www.ncsl.org/research/civil-and-criminal-justice/possession-of-a-firearm-by-the-mentally-ill.aspx
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/utah/articles/2018-03-05/lawmakers-in-conservative-utah-reject-gun-control-bill
http://www.newsweek.com/trump-set-overturn-guns-mental-health-regulation-557237
https://www.azcentral.com/story/opinion/op-ed/robertrobb/2018/02/23/guns-mental-health-injunction-bill-arizona-makes-sense/364804002/

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Background Checks

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/us/politics/gun-background-checks-sutherland-springs.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/19/us/politics/trump-guns-background-checks.html
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/pennsylvania/articles/2018-03-05/senators-want-alerts-when-gun-buyers-fail-background-checks
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20180228/nras-support-for-the-national-instant-criminal-background-system-fact-checking-the-fact-checker

Database on state gun laws
https://www.nraila.org/gun-laws/

Trump on Mental Health
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/trump-signs-bill-revoking-obama-era-gun-checks-people-mental-n727221
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2017/02/28/517799119/trump-repeals-rule-designed-to-block-gun-sales-to-certain-mentally-ill-people

Mental Health

New Laws

Group 1. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/obama-to-unveil-new-gun-restrictions-slams-congress-for-inaction/2016/01/04/81d539e8-b2fb-11e5-a842-0feb51d1d124_story.html
Group 2. https://www.whitehouse.gov/the-press-office/2016/01/04/fact-sheet-new-executive-actions-reduce-gun-violence-and-make-our
Group 3. http://www.forbes.com/sites/katiesola/2016/01/06/obama-gun-control/#2b9e912e7de7
Group 4. http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/05/us/politics/obama-says-he-will-act-on-gun-control-in-coming-days.html

Guns and Crminals
Article 1. https://mintzgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/Inside-Straw-Purchasing-How-Criminals-Get-Guns-Illegally.pdf
Article 2. http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2015/10/03/us/how-mass-shooters-got-their-guns.html

CORNELL NOTES

http://www.psmag.com/politics-and-law/more-american-children-die-from-accidental-shootings-than-we-originally-thought
http://www.americas1stfreedom.org/articles/2016/2/1/guns-must-be-present-to-win/
http://newsroom.ucla.edu/stories/ucla-faculty-voice-america-is-no-longer-gun-shy-about-gun-control
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/01/14/nra-chief-challenges-obama-to-debate-on-guns.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/29/us/politics/nra-victories-in-congress-grow-with-chief-lobbyists-role.html

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In text citation 2nd amendment.docx

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2013/01/26/thousands-march-for-gun-control-in-washington/

http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2013/02/gun-violence-in-america-the-13-key-questions-with-13-concise-answers/272727/

GUNS AND SELF DEFENSE
http://www.cato.org/guns-and-self-defense

US GUN CRIME MAP
http://www.theguardian.com/news/datablog/interactive/2013/sep/17/us-gun-crime-map
http://www.forbes.com/sites/katiesola/2016/01/06/obama-gun-control/#2b9e912e7de7